Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Homework - 3/24

Due Thursday:  Read pages 798-802; 804-823 (start at "Electrification"; you should just be aware of the trends for each of the topics between 804-812 - you won't be accountable for specific statistical evidence; don't skip over pages 808-809)

Prepare for a quiz by focusing on:

  • How the developments of the 1920s reflected both modernization and a backlash against modernization.  
  • How did new technology shape the sense of community in the United States in the 1920s?  
  • How were women, African-Americans, immigrants and rural Americans able to / not able to see positive changes to their quality of life during the 1920s?
Due Friday:  Read pages 802-804; 823-832.  Prepare for a quiz by focusing on:
  • How standards of living changed in the 1920s.
  • How political leadership influenced the economy of the 1920s
  • How foreign policy was / was not isolationist in the 1920s
  • The changing nature of progressive reform and attitudes

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